A United Airlines flight made a U-turn in the sky after a passenger ran toward the cockpit screaming “jihad, jihad,” according to a government official with direct knowledge of the incident.

CNNThere is nothing, so far, in the man’s background to suggest he has a connection to terrorists, the government source said. His mental state at the time is unknown, and no weapons were found after he was subdued. (“So far” being the operative words here)

The incident started shortly after United Flight 1074 took off around 10:15 p.m. Monday from Dulles International Airport in Washington to Denver. The pilots told air traffic controllers that after the passenger began acting violently, other passengers subdued him, according to LiveATC.net, which provides audio of air traffic control transmissions.

“He ran forward towards the cockpit, and he is being restrained by passengers,” one of the pilots said. “The cockpit is secure, and we would just like to return to the airport and have the authorities meet him.”

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They just should have cuffed him, and confined him to the baggage area where they keep the pets (make sure that he is restrained, and can’t get lose to hurt them), and let him enjoy a nice, long trip with ‘unclean’ FIDO barking at him. Then, they should have continued on with the flight. In fact, they should have waited until ALL tasks that are done for landing (passenger disembarking, luggage out), before he is removed from the airliner. WHY should everyone else have their trip messed up because of HIM? Since their reasoning is to cause trouble for the whole flight, if this isn’t going to happen, WE win.
Hopefully, if these ‘tactics’ don’t have a negative impact on anyone else, but THEM, they won’t keep doing it.

When these types of attention seeking and or terrorist vermin have to start financially paying for the trouble they cause, we’ll start seeing some eyes opening. When our government starts freezing assets of the countries these punks are from to do so, the squealing will begin. Maybe we can help our airlines and bankrupt a few Muslims countries in the process.
(I know I’m dreaming, but a man has a right to dream)

What’s good about this story, and others like it, is that American men as passengers are quite capable of taking down these threats without any prior game plan. They somehow act as a unit without even knowing each other.

As a female, I wouldn’t hesitate one second before helping out.

Remarkable solidarity indeed. It took 9/11 to teach us that lesson. NEVER AGAIN.

That mental state is called Islam – it might be dormant for a long time, but eventually it strikes the mind and causes catastrophic consequences. Both terrorists that committed attacks in Canada last year were average and unremarkable people until they converted to Islam and turned into murderers.

I guess jihad means I’m so friendly and I want another gin & tonic. “There is nothing, so far, in the man’s background to suggest he has a connection to terrorists, the government source said” does the government not even know that jihad means struggle or resisting?!?

That should be legally considered Justifiable Homicide.
Remember that case several years ago, when a drug addled moron did something similar? (Minus the Muslim gibberish). The passengers not only “subdued” him, they held him down and suffocated him, by “extreme chest compression” if I remember correctly. When you choose your behavior, you also choose your outcome. ‘Nuff said.

You couldn’t pay me all the money in the world to board an airplane going anywhere…..and I say this as a retiree from a major airlines where I have unlimited pass privileges. Haven’t been anywhere near an airport since July 2000…..and much has changed since then, starting with the TSA.